order of alterations to digital images

Well Diane, you could get 100 emails with 100 different replies. Do what
works for 'you'. If your getting the desired results the way you do things
now - why worry bout how everyone else does it... that's valuable time you
could be working!

=)
n8



> I'm playing with the images I get from my digital camera with Photoshop 7
> (just learning PS). I've done lots of tutorials (Janee and RetouchPro,
> Russell Brown and more) and I have '50 Fast Photoshop Techniques' book
and
> now I am wondering which is the best ORDER to do the various 'repairs' an
> image might need or I might want to apply to an image for an effect. So
far
> I am only making images for web sites and posting images on the web, so it
> doesn't seem to make much difference, but I feel I should get into the
right
> practice, especially since I am planning to make actions to batch changes
> and I may in the future wish to make prints on other images.
>
> I guess I am generally confused about the theory of commands which make
> changes to the image itself and those which add layers and in what order
> these should be done, such as those below, which I seem to be using over
and
> over again.
>
>
> A. crop
> B. rotate
> C. levels/curves/set white point
> D. filters
> E. skew or alter shape to fix distortion of buildings, etc.,
> F. selection to alter only a portion of the image (darken, lighten, blur
> etc.)
> G. resize w x h
> Y. sharpen (at the end, I know this much)
> Z. save for web (if appropriate).
>
> Is there a list or cheat sheet somewhere? Send me off for more reading,
> please.
>
> Thanks,
> Diane
>
>
>

Oh I thought maybe there were rules. Like always to this first, etc. But
if it's not that way, all the better. I'll just keep doing it may way.

Thanks for the response.

Diane


"n8 skow" <neverman@telefragged.com> wrote in message
news:vji8sof3ssfcc6@corp.supernews.com...
> Well Diane, you could get 100 emails with 100 different replies. Do what
> works for 'you'. If your getting the desired results the way you do things
> now - why worry bout how everyone else does it... that's valuable time you
> could be working!
>
> =)
> n8
>
>
>
> > I'm playing with the images I get from my digital camera with Photoshop
7
> > (just learning PS). I've done lots of tutorials (Janee and RetouchPro,
> > Russell Brown and more) and I have '50 Fast Photoshop Techniques' book
> and
> > now I am wondering which is the best ORDER to do the various 'repairs'
an
> > image might need or I might want to apply to an image for an effect. So
> far
> > I am only making images for web sites and posting images on the web, so
it
> > doesn't seem to make much difference, but I feel I should get into the
> right
> > practice, especially since I am planning to make actions to batch
changes
> > and I may in the future wish to make prints on other images.
> >
> > I guess I am generally confused about the theory of commands which make
> > changes to the image itself and those which add layers and in what order
> > these should be done, such as those below, which I seem to be using over
> and
> > over again.
> >
> >
> > A. crop
> > B. rotate
> > C. levels/curves/set white point
> > D. filters
> > E. skew or alter shape to fix distortion of buildings, etc.,
> > F. selection to alter only a portion of the image (darken, lighten,
blur
> > etc.)
> > G. resize w x h
> > Y. sharpen (at the end, I know this much)
> > Z. save for web (if appropriate).
> >
> > Is there a list or cheat sheet somewhere? Send me off for more
reading,
> > please.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Diane
> >
> >
> >
>
>